Quality Manager in Pawtucket, Rhode

Quality Manager

The Quality Manager will ensure that quality processes are not only documented but effectively implemented on the manufacturing floor including control plans, quality gates, incoming inspection, process controls, layered audits, nonconformance management, APQP, PPAP, supplier qualification, and customer-specific requirements. The ideal candidate must be able to lead through ambiguity, stabilize quality performance during supplier/process changes, support customer escalations, and develop a high-performing Quality Engineering team capable of sustaining IATF 16949 expectations, automotive core tools, product validation, traceability, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the Quality organization to support manufacturing stabilization, supplier transitions, and customer protection activities.
• Establish and maintain strong quality governance across incoming material, in-process controls, final inspection, product release, and customer shipment readiness.
• Ensure supplier changes, material changes, process changes, and product qualifications are managed through proper change control, risk assessment, validation, APQP and PPAP processes.
• Lead supplier qualification and supplier development activities, including audits, performance monitoring, corrective actions, and PPAP readiness.
• Ensure incoming materials from critical suppliers are properly controlled, inspected, traceable, and approved before use in customer products.

Required

Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years of progressive Quality experience in automotive manufacturing, preferably Tier 1 or Tier 2.
• Minimum 3 years of people leadership experience managing Quality Engineers, Supplier Quality, Process Quality or Quality Systems teams.
• Strong experience with IATF 16949, ISO 9001, APQP, PPAP, PFMEA, Control Plan, MSA, SPC and 8D problem solving.
• Demonstrated experience managing customer escalations, supplier changes, production stabilization, and major quality recovery plans.
• Experience interacting directly with OEM customers is strongly preferred.